Clinical Utility of Rapid Pathogen Identification for Detecting the Causative Organisms in Sepsis: A Single-Center Study in Korea

Table 2

Microorganisms identified.

Variable	Preintervention group ()	Postintervention group ()
Gram-positive organisms	16 (40)	33 (57)	0.10
Gram-negative organisms	21 (53)	24 (41)	0.28
Yeast	6 (15)	4 (7)	0.31
Polymicrobial	6 (15)	4 (7)	0.31
Multidrug-resistant organisms
MRSA	5 (13)	2 (3)	0.12
VRE	2 (5)	0	0.16
ESBL	6 (15)	6 (10)	0.54
CRPA	1 (3)	1 (2)	>0.99
CRAB	1 (3)	0	0.41

The data are presented as number (percentage) of patients. values indicate the results of comparing the preintervention and postintervention groups by using chi-squared or Fisher’s exact tests. MRSA: methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; VRE: vancomycin-resistant enterococci; ESBL: extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing organism; CRPA: carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa; CRAB: carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii.